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Another day, another medals haul for China. On Wednesday its athletes added four golds and three silvers in diving, table tennis, swimming, shooting and weightlifting to the tally that has quickly established China at the top of the medals table. It looks likely to stay there until the end of the games.

When the lights went off for the night at the Olympic Park, the traditional medal table leader, the US, had 29 medals, 12 of them gold. China was one ahead in total on 30 with 17 of them first places. Next placed South Korea was a fair way back on a total of 12 medals, six of them gold.

Raised eyebrows may continue to follow 16-year-old swimmer Ye Shiwen. She must be on drugs, whisper the swimming cognoscenti. But the International Olympic Committee were not alone in telling Ye’s detractors to “get real”.

The reality may have more to do with juguo, the country’s unique sports system introduced ahead of the Beijing Olymp…

U.S. mango farms have been declining as grocery stores stock their shelves with South American grown fruit. In Florida, some experts say there are just 500 acres of mango farms left, most on Pine Island right here in Southwest Florida.

But local farmers' sales are growing and some are even planting more fruit trees. We found out how they have adapted to keep people buying their product.

This season, the Mango Factory on Pine Island started shipping the fruit to customers as far away as Canada.

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WASHINGTON — Production of pure cocaine in Colombia declined by 25 percent in the last year, according to a U.S. government survey of drug production.

Drug czar Gil Kerlikowske, director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, said Monday that potential cocaine production in the South American country has dropped by 72 percent since 2001. Colombia now ranks third, behind Peru and Bolivia, in production of pure cocaine, he said.

“Potential production of pure cocaine in Colombia is down to 195 metric tons (in 2011) from 700 metric tons in 2001, the lowest production potential level since 1994 and the first time since 1995 that Colombia is producing less cocaine than either Peru of Bolivia,” Kerlikowske said in a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

The United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime released an estimate last week that Colombia could produce 345 metric tons of cocaine in 2011.

RIO DE JANEIRO — After wrangling over Venezuela’s status for years, Mercosur, the South American trading bloc, admitted the country as its fifth full member on Tuesday, reflecting the influence wielded by Brazil, the region’s powerhouse.

Venezuela’s inclusion in Mercosur, founded in 1991 by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay and now clearly dominated by Brazil, followed a long diplomatic struggle. While Venezuela was provisionally admitted in 2006, its formal entrance was stalled by resistance in some member nations, notably Paraguay, where the Senate refused to ratify Venezuela’s admission.

But Brazil, drawing support from Argentina and Uruguay, overrode those objections by having Paraguay suspended from membership in Mercosur after the ouster of President Fernando Lugo in June. Brazil justified the suspension by citing concerns about the impact of Mr. Lugo’s removal on Paraguay’s democratic institutions. Once Paraguay was sidelined, the othe…